MADISON
 Electricians, pipe fitters, carpenters and other union
members opposed to making Wisconsin the 25th right-to-work
state dominated more than 11 hours of testimony Monday on
a fast-tracked proposal expected to pass the Legislature
later in the week and be signed into law by Gov. Scott
Walker.

PHOENIX
 The Milwaukee Brewers have a numbers problem in the outfield that
many other teams might envy.There
are four players worthy of three starting spots, including Gold Glove
winners in Carlos Gomez and Gerardo Parra; 2011 NL MVP Ryan Braun and
promising young slugger Khris Davis.

MADISON
 Frank Kaminsky walked onto the Kohl Center court for a ceremony
before his last home game, wearing a goofy grin with a small camera
strapped to his chest. Wisconsin's premier big man wanted his own view
of Senior Day.

MADISON
 Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel wants the
Legislature's budget committee to give the state Justice
Department more positions in the state budget to deal with
officer-involved death investigations. Lawmakers
signed
a
bill
last
year
that
requires
outside
agencies
to
lead
investigations
of
officer-involved
deaths.
Schimel
told
the
Joint
Finance
Committee
on
Monday
that
more
agencies
are
turning
to
the
DOJ
to
handle
such
investigations
even
when
they
involve
use
of
force.

MADISON
 Nearly 100 private and religious schools have applied to
be a part of Wisconsin's voucher program next fall.The state
Department of Public Instruction reported Monday that 98
schools applied by the deadline to be in the program where
taxpayer-funded subsidies pay for students to attend private
schools.

ST.
PAUL, Minn.  State tax officials in Minnesota and Wisconsin say
they're working to reinstate a system that allowed 80,000 people who
work across their shared border to file one state income tax return.Under the
reciprocity system that began in 1968, Wisconsin made payments to
Minnesota to make up for what border-crossing Wisconsin residents
would have given to Minnesota in taxes.

Dot-com
deja vu: Nasdaq tops 5,000, approaching record highNEW
YORK  The last time the Nasdaq was this high, Bill
Clinton was president, your Internet connection was probably
still dial-up and the iPod, iPhone and iPad didn't exist. Fifteen
years later the Nasdaq has again closed above 5,000 and is
close to topping its record from the dot-com boom.

TODAY IN SPORTS

No
franchise tag for Detroit's Suh as deadline passesDETROIT
 Ndamukong Suh can test the open market when free agency
begins March 10 after the Detroit Lions did not use the
franchise tag on the star defensive tackle.The
deadline for teams to designate franchise or transition
players came and went Monday, and the Lions did not say
anything publicly about their decision.

EVENT

Infected
Mushroom
To pioneer your own sub genre of electronic music in the music
industry today is no simple task: mega-revolutionaries Infected
Mushroom are renowned for being the sonic innovators of crafting
hypnotic arrangements, complex layered melodies and synthetic
rhythms known as "Psychedelic Trance. Dont miss their
first show ever at Turner Hall Ballroom March 5th.

Tribes
from around US gather to discuss legal marijuanaTULALIP,
Wash. - The Justice Department's announcement in December
that it would allow the nation's Indian tribes to legalize
and regulate marijuana on their reservations brought notes
of caution - if not silence or opposition - from many
tribes.

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